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Don't stop Bolton said the focus is on
making sure there's no repetition of two

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thousand and sixteen asked whether the
political turmoil generated by the

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convictions this week of two top trump
figures has any effect on his job Bolton

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said Of course not I mean that's a silly
question I'm warning Levinson the U.S.

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Has already imposed economic sanctions
against Russia over its interference in the

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two thousand and sixteen U.S.
Presidential election the U.S.

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Intelligence community concluded Russia
interfered in the election of finding

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Russia the nice the former head of German
intelligence says NATO secrets aren't

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safe to share with Austria there is growing
concern among Western intelligence

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agencies about the close ties between
senior Austrian ministers and Russia the

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Washington Post reported last week that
several Western intelligence agencies had

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stopped sharing sensitive information
with their Austrian counterparts they are

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New. Hurricane has whipped up
strong winds waves and heavy

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rain in southern South Korea it's forecast
to make landfall early Friday another

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hurricane is expected to cross western Japan
Thursday night Hurricane Lane is close

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to hitting Hawaii it could be the strongest
storm to hit the island state since one

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thousand nine hundred ninety two schools
businesses and government offices are

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closed and people have stocked
up on food and supplies in

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a boarded up their homes. Zimbabwe's
constitutional court is set to rule Friday on

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a challenge to the legitimacy of the July
thirtieth elections the opposition says

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the ruling party which officially won both
the presidential and parliamentary polls

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did not win fairly V.O.A.

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Correspondent Anita Powell reports
from Johannesburg with reporting from

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correspondent Columbus Mudbone go in
Harare opposition presidential candidate

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Nelson Chamisa filed suit in the nation's
constitutional court asserting that

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results showing incumbent Emerson

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a God While want to razor thin victory were
not accurate and that he was the actual

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winner Jamie says lawyers on Wednesday
presented what they say is clear evidence

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that the results had been falsified this
was my God was first presidential run he

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took power in November after Mugabe resigned
under pressure from the military the

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court rules Friday afternoon and according
to the Constitution the presidential

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inauguration will be held within forty
eight hours and healthy when Hughes

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Johannesburg there's

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a new allegation of sexual assault
against the Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey

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Associated Press correspondent
Jackie Quinn reports the L.A.

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County Sheriff's Office says the allegations
come from an incident in October of

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twenty sixteen and they're investigating
for possible criminal charges it's the

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second complaint against Kevin Spacey that
the district attorney's task force on

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sexual misconduct has received the first
allegation dates back to one thousand nine

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hundred two and might not be prosecutable
because of the statute of limitations

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spacy who's lost

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a number of acting roles since the scandal
emerged is also under investigation in

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six cases in London Jackie Quinn
Australia has banned two Chinese

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telecommunications firms from taking part
in its national broadband network because

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of security concerns the government said
Thursday it was banning Huawei and Z T E

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from rolling out the new five G.

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Network because it said companies who are
likely to be subject to extra judicial

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directions from a foreign
government presented

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a security risk statement also said they
were. No combination of security controls

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that could lessen that risk Australia
band while way in two thousand and eleven

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from bidding for contracts to provide
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Hello every one come again to push all the
African beats on The Voice of America

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and from our studio
here in Washington D.C.

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I am dividend.

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Potent beautiful rocking zones from those
great continent would be knocking on your

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doors again today so relax and let me take
you on this great trip around Africa on

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deep litter on the shores Sierra Leone
succulent would be my guest on we're going

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to be talking about his first song to where
he's today soul you're going to enjoy

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some wonderful songs from this great man
succulents from Sierra Leone so stay tuned

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on Don't go away but let's
start of right now with

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a special tribute song to the late Aretha
Franklin the queen of soul may have

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a soul rest in peace. Come up.

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Against. Such an inspiring. And one.

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Mother and.

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Son.

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Come.

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A.

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Rest in Peace always

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a voice will always be
with us African fix. Now

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let's get into the shorn. From good bonds
coming up write ups of the month song

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by Sucheta on boom boom by you me I'm

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a day off Nigeria button don't blow
right now soon as though your while.

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You. Need time

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a single atomic. Bomb

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Sundeep on.

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Flu.

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Slowly.

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Slowly.

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Slowly.

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Slowly.

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Slowly. Slowly.

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Slowly.

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Slowly.

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Slowly

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slowly. Slowly

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But they put

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a sunny. Day

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of Nigeria before the months
of Ghana and. This is the

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African beach on the Voice of America and
I'm David Miranda here in Washington

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don't forget my guest today is going to be
succulents from Sierra Leone. And enjoy

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your music. The both I love the African
Beat on the Voice of America it's.

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Always

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a one next truck by Magog score from Cameroon
run of the founders by coup by sea of

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Liberia Yes this is brand new by this
young boy from Liberia. That is compiled.

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By my god school kids
right now only I forget.

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Bonzi of Liberia before
that Magog schools come

00:25:32
a room in. The African beats on The Voice
of America when I come back succulent

00:25:39
will be my guests. For.

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Fun Don't make fun people.

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Tell you not afraid to welcome to your
show the African beats on The Voice of

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America. And you know. I have

00:26:03
a. Writer

00:26:12
. Is

00:26:15
a comedian and what. The

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Voice of America I just want
to welcome to the African.

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Man so Cuban succulents talking
about his calling. What.

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Is my real name Bokhari
out. Giving. A little Mr.

00:26:45
Booker. Thank you very
much so Clinton it's

00:26:51
a pleasure having you on the show and so
let's start off with your first song we're

00:26:56
going to start off with your first song.
And you know we're going to play this one

00:27:03
and when we come back you'll perform it
right here we're going to talk about one of

00:27:06
. The song right now.

00:27:13
Live in studio.

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Yes that's what I'm talking to me way way
way back all the way back you know tell

00:30:18
me how how did this song. And I was

00:30:25
walking the.

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Yeah. Yeah yeah. Yeah yeah

00:30:42
so I think I'm going to get a
nice. Alright yeah. We're having

00:30:47
a long and I just. Want my.

00:30:58
Point.

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You know. I started

00:31:10
a new. All

00:31:17
that I've worked for. Boy
oh boy you know I want to.

00:31:24
Is Like I mean I was like. And
I'm going to think about is the

00:31:31
one you were mean and you know they.
Do mean do we mean the. You know

00:31:38
you don't YOU did you did that song with
one of the youngest producers of the time

00:31:42
. By then he just started. You know.

00:31:50
Rule. How did you. Sign

00:31:56
a multi-talented. You know
why. We soulmates you

00:32:03
know. The first time I was going to freestyle
in the street and he saw me and said

00:32:09
Wow you really are Tony and can I work
with you so I mean. It was very very

00:32:16
hard to produce an album because we're
just using. A keyboard one key one hundred

00:32:24
just one songs from the from me and computer
so it was very difficult on time so we

00:32:30
tried our best and we deliver the song and
you deliver that song here and you know

00:32:34
I can remember I was the first person to
play that song on RAID you when when you

00:32:38
release when it was released to the public
and you did not say you know make any

00:32:44
money out of all of the you
thinking this song became

00:32:47
a must see heat. TIME
When you said you were

00:32:51
a musician people. Would drop out some
more movies not just to be seen as an.

00:33:00
Area outcast somebody who was not
mentally balanced so you know.

00:33:08
You know I see if you're not serious we did
that song way by two thousand year two

00:33:12
thousand and we called so many
people who can help. People.

00:33:22
You know and. Some of them to listen to
the song and say This song is good was

00:33:29
more normal morning to eat so it was very
very hard for some time to decide to

00:33:35
believe the song and. Most of us believed
money out of that song you're for them

00:33:42
if they refuse to help to
produce that he would have made

00:33:44
a lot of money out of you yeah all
right anyway. Is that somebody that is

00:33:51
that was it started it was like

00:33:53
a sacrifice. And you know people still
love the song to the people who love the

00:33:58
song it's a lifetime music it's

00:34:00
a lifetime music. Every day you see women
of that nature passing by you think OK

00:34:05
you know it's not on

00:34:07
a mission. A top I think about it.
Before we go to our next trouble of

00:34:13
a boil over go that we're going to play
and I want you to tell the people exactly

00:34:19
who you. Know basically I'm

00:34:22
a saving in. The name succulents
came form one of my friends

00:34:29
in school days in

00:34:30
a primary school to me in secondary school
you know you know many people some of

00:34:36
the music is that one should contact
the piano so that when I come across

00:34:40
a word succulents something juicy. Then
I seemed I say I mean this is something

00:34:46
that you see something that but it's read
through it I see as you see you have

00:34:50
sleep you could provide just so you know
to talk in them if you can use it in you

00:34:54
music thing. So you will to do world by
storm and so that is also Cuban came out

00:35:01
here and then you went into the music but
you know after that too but you started

00:35:07
seeing game you know you would be more
rather moving kind of music you know really

00:35:12
I don't suppose

00:35:12
a regular old song and at some point you
sounded so much like Shaggy Yeah it does

00:35:19
but it does not have been when I released
the song Little going wrong oh boy love

00:35:22
again it doesn't actually Ruben Yeah and
people are saying. You know I went to one

00:35:28
place to perform the song and people want
to me even in Liberia wants me to say you

00:35:35
can judge the song yeah it's not my song
it's not just so I was having one of the I

00:35:40
mean these two men so I decide to live from
play live so people get the conviction

00:35:45
on this is just me and so that's what
we're going to do now and I hope shock to

00:35:51
watch the spot but let's let's see let's
let's see you know in the song that let's

00:35:57
get

00:35:57
a taste of baby and I want you know
listening right now. Maybe. Let's

00:36:07
get this song on the board. And
this is the original. Song.

00:39:47
I was like. I was.

00:40:01
All over the place I was like Well so were
you copying shaggy or did you know about

00:40:05
him my is one of my greatest regrets for
not is I OK and not now I hear now I get

00:40:11
a real life you know I'll be very very happy
you know you know I'm to meet him yeah

00:40:15
and to do some collaboration. Wow And
this is you know you know for you to take

00:40:21
after

00:40:21
a minute I love this guy so much you
admire him so much you know and he's such

00:40:25
a single idea. To succulent guys
that's. Because that's not that

00:40:32
is what we had in him like that somebody.
On the board you know I'm going to bang

00:40:38
for no. So you have different personalities
Yeah Mung you know in my own country

00:40:44
you have so many more talented
people you know before you become

00:40:48
a musician you need to school meaning
things you need to like to fish or not you

00:40:53
know not so good for you because. Before
we started we knew original songs would be

00:40:58
more copyrights Yeah and you know

00:41:00
a local bands where there was the same
thing legend was telling me is that it was

00:41:04
ranch week that you know when it started
with the band it was singing but Molly you

00:41:08
know. Popular guys you know singing There's
only for the went to the original so

00:41:14
that's the trend that you actually chook
you know all right so this is the African

00:41:18
beats on The Voice of America and you're
listening to me and my guest today

00:41:23
succulent From see what you own and we're
talking about some of these songs that

00:41:28
he's done but the monster song is coming
the hit song is coming don't go away just

00:41:33
the way you are I know African peaks.

00:41:40
For.

00:41:53
This song one Grimbal. One
remove just yeah just to.

00:42:02
That's

00:42:02
a traditional song you know. That is good
to the shallow to you know so we call it

00:42:08
like

00:42:09
a boo song was on your original folks here
in their lives I will give you the tour

00:42:14
but it will be a legend I'm

00:42:16
a junkie I'm going to be here today so
resting pulse you know so how did you get

00:42:21
into music but you did down soul music and
you did that to my day like I love my

00:42:27
last job I saw as

00:42:28
a young wires again and now you doing
bubble music. First before I start to

00:42:35
admire this type of music will Museum
when I was home I'm working for one woman

00:42:43
who knows i'm doing business. She
normally took me to one of these. Local

00:42:50
area you know. Somebody's mom my mom
my five year mark I see Bink Yeah

00:42:57
live or logs some of this place here I know
those areas so those are the places we

00:43:02
are His music was

00:43:04
a really need to get to know I'll tell you
there's So you know most times you meet

00:43:08
him in our eyes you can see you have the
advantage that he called Martella downs

00:43:13
you know so I decided to to walk in the
mood to listen to temple music got some

00:43:20
interest in the music come to learn loads
so I began to learn how to blow the

00:43:24
movement Sabbath came to good in year
and I you know started to do not how to

00:43:29
believe in how to change my phone because
I'm in there by trying to see if you want

00:43:33
to seeing you need to come to the to me
Dolly goes to the not be obvious and change

00:43:37
Yo-Yo you know you guys you know this is
this is the thing I see about us from this

00:43:42
movie the penetrates into every region you
know every dollar that is why I say yes

00:43:48
not like tribalistic business in that country
always it's just the mind of the mind

00:43:53
just of the mindset Yeah because man when
I when I do plays from the north I talk

00:43:58
like it's

00:43:59
a new year and you know I. I go back to the
southeast I talk like I'm in the back I

00:44:03
go down to the West I don't like it Creole
my soul if it is interesting but not yet

00:44:09
in my head which is because if they talk
show I know it every. Night how the music

00:44:14
like in my house. Is going to cut across
our us you know with pain they did tribes

00:44:19
in regional. Music. Well
it's interesting music.

00:44:26
Originated in the north from the north
but I'd tell you it's just searing your

00:44:31
music it's all over now yeah except it's
not listening to the chagrin of the men

00:44:36
they used to listen to music oh
yeah you know everybody done.

00:44:44
I'm a Carlo I mean come on lovely true
of everybody does the music so it is

00:44:48
a civil union music and music is

00:44:51
a serious music while I think joint is one
right no longer and I need ideas and.

00:44:58
You know. We're not going
to be here. You know.

00:45:11
Right now in one group I tell you you will
not be sitting down because you're going

00:45:16
to be shaking.

00:46:39
Good

00:46:39
good.

00:46:51
Good

00:48:01
.

00:49:36
Yes.

00:49:50
Yeah.

00:50:01
And preview to me so and that exam from
Sierra Leone OK the average of the tone of

00:50:08
voice of America we might get succulent
today and we have one more drug for you and

00:50:12
I to do that is the mustard track that
is the truck of today it is the song of

00:50:16
today there's a song that is making
all the noise and that is God No not

00:50:20
a bank for God not

00:50:22
a bang for your language from Sierra Leone
and it means God does not hunger peace

00:50:28
phone God does not put down the phone or
anybody if you want to talk to God you

00:50:33
make the call and you start talking and
he will listen to you any time of the day

00:50:38
anywhere until you are tired you say I'm
going to hang up but he does not hunger

00:50:43
place for YEAH MAN Yeah that is so
deep Yeah so tell me about this song.

00:50:51
I know it's an inspirational song yet you
got the inspiration from somewhere I just

00:50:56
wanted to speed it up there was someone
that is usually my country to visit before

00:51:02
you end he promised me several times
before on assistance at that time I really

00:51:08
need an assistant for me. And he
knows about it so I mean most times.

00:51:15
You can just call and sucking away from
comment on dory I knew exactly what you

00:51:21
need. And once I call you and he's
done I'm going to shut you out. So I

00:51:28
was just hoping for just got called.
To talk one time we decided to call.

00:51:35
On the orphans arts eleven before cloak
I was there. I was just with the.

00:51:44
Living and he said to Paul. Dillon was
buzy around. Eleven o'clock I called.

00:51:52
The boys this time I was
like what. If it's OK and

00:51:59
he said I should call you so. I see. And.

00:52:07
I see. I was inside the car
waiting twelve I decide to

00:52:14
call again. I Wrong twelve's long time
friends are to call. As heroes come see you

00:52:21
if you didn't. Just yell before
the phone just like that just.

00:52:29
Says then I tried to call him several times
call for you so are you decided to move

00:52:34
to the studio with us mindsets of
disappointment. So I really think

00:52:41
many people were going through this times
and only his disappointment in the not so

00:52:46
I was thinking emoticon she
something I can use us as

00:52:50
a slang. Congo. In

00:52:55
a bunker when I was like I was like. Is
this coming from THANK YOU gold I'm going

00:53:02
to work on this title so I went to the
studio I did had to call one of them in

00:53:06
their biggest for now and see the new
me and I. Only if I want to do this

00:53:13
song go to the bank for
something. You don't. Have

00:53:19
a good day you hear again man come on.
People music is that course from the.

00:53:28
Movie bank full if you can understand you
can trust your words to somebody like for

00:53:34
example in the Bible or save.
Heaven. Also call us anytime

00:53:41
in

00:53:41
a moment of the day you know you never leave
you know for. The nights when never sleep

00:53:48
you just don't see dancing to
the. Same dimes in my eyes

00:53:52
a while. And I just want to thank you for.
We're going to hit on the song right now

00:53:58
is going to be our final song but I
know. You're here and on and you have

00:54:02
a big problem coming up you tell me about
the. Twenty fourth. You know Springfield

00:54:09
. Virginia you know is going to be one of
them being is given into you know in the

00:54:15
history of my life because it is my
for sure in the. News and so if you

00:54:22
want to see more and it's about trying
to let him go to Springfield comforts

00:54:27
hotelier and succulent will be ready for

00:54:30
a food package it's about it's called me
to get some old music music and it's about

00:54:36
insulting me and of course
I will post become. A

00:54:43
little bit sad all the most in that so
well I want to thank you so very much and

00:54:47
one more final thing what if you go for the
fun song all surprises the waiting for

00:54:51
you surprise surprise surprise is so much
sometimes we don't jump to much more

00:54:56
action speaks All right well
thank you very much it's been

00:54:59
a pleasure having you here today and I hope
that one of you really something else.

00:55:04
Is going to be. Fun So there you know
there's us out for can be its own v booking

00:55:10
and I'm not. So right now
we're going to climax I want

00:55:17
to thank you for except the media Holmes
you know because of us she's one of the

00:55:20
you are listening to the African beats
on The Voice of America on the album my

00:55:25
engineer Gary my technicians
out there Rob. I say

00:55:29
a big Thank You to all of you for being
here with me and we'll meet again on

00:55:34
another game on the African Beat I'm David
Bundy and I leave you now with this song

00:55:39
called Not

00:55:40
a bang for God does not go his phone
our guest today. From She will you be.

00:59:08
The United States and China.
Correspondent Philip Alexia

00:59:15
reports from Washington the new round
of tariffs took effect the day after

00:59:18
delegations from both nations met in
Washington for the first of two days of talks

00:59:23
aimed at resolving the dispute the
first such formal discussions and Jim.

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